If I Had a Gorilla Author:Mercer Mayer A young boy imagines a menagerie of ferocious creatures which could protect him from the wiles of no-good bullies and a curious sister. The bespectacled young narrator fantasizes, tongue-in-cheek, about the ways in which a gorilla, an alligator, a lion, a snake, and a porcupine might come to his aid. Full color.